First day of kindergarten!!! I dreaded this day all summer and now it's here. It wasn't as bad as I had anticipated but it was hard. I didn't cry in front of him though. Luckily, Dew went in late so he could go with us. I'm so glad. It kept me from losing it totally. I'm counting the minutes until 2:20 so I can leave to pick him up. He was so brave and excited. I hope he had a great day and met lots of new friends. (and followed the rules)!!!!
A few quick shots I took this morning of my big boy!
Oh well, blogger isn't cooperating as usual. I'll try to post the pics later.
T

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
I know a garden girl. I never thought it would happen. I am sooo excited that my friend (yes, my friend) kellicrowe, the kellicrowe, is a garden girl at 2 peas!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited OH I already said that. I'm rambling. 2peas made a great choice. I love her work and scraplift it whenever I get the chance. And to top it off she's sweet and kind and the craziest woman I have ever met. So lucky to be her friend.
To think I went to CKU Nashville Masters knowing very few people and came home with the Nashville Stars as my buds. Who woulda thunk it.
They are all so talented and sweet and they put up with me!
I'm so excited!!!!!!!

I am hating blogger today! I have tried 3 times to post an adorable pic of kellicrowe and it won't load.
Just know that I have one and will post it when ever this whacked out blog gets a clue!

Oh, Nate's back from Las Vegas. He had a cancelled flight and 2 delays but got in about 1:30 this morning. He had a great time and took tons of pics on his camera phone! A scrapper's kid for sure.

My sisters picked up Heidi's new collection at Costco for me today!!!!! They even swiped one of the boxes for me in Heidi Swapp pink. I can't wait to get my hands on it!
Yay for me.

That's all for now.
T

Okay so yesterday I told Tanner he was officially 5 1/2 yrs old! Actually I was off by 1 month. Crazy mom! But anyway we enjoyed celebrating his birthday anyway. It was a good excuse for ice cream and swimming and movies and eating out! Like we need one. We watched Doogla and Hoodwinked on demand. We went to Brusters for ice cream. Tanner said we needed it since it was 95 when we went there, it was 94 when we left so it was definitely hot enough for swimming. So off to Gramma's to splash a little water out of the pool. It needed it after last night's rain storm.
After the grandparents got home we picked up Dad and went to Tijuana Flats for dinner. Tanner asked the cute waitress what her name was and introduced himself and shook her hand. Then he introduced all of us. He was so cute and grown up!
Oh well, heard from Nate this afternoon. He's in Vegas with Dad and he said they hung at the pool at the MGM Grand today. They're going to Red Rock Canyon tomorrow and then renting atv's later in the week. He's having a great time. He sent me some pics from his phone. A scrapper's son. He has also been collecting the cards they pass out on the strip. I was hoping his dad would keep him off the strip but it didn't work. He has collected a stack of them already. Ugh!!! Definitely have to clean out his luggage when he gets home!
Oh well, that's all for now. T and I are going to hit the movies tomorrow. One more week before school. I'm going to enjoy every minute while I can! boo hoo
T

Totally forgot......Tanner is losing a tooth! I so totally feel Heidi's pain now. Oh to have something in common with Ms. Swapp other than our favorite color choice. The day after I read her blog post about being sad over Q's lost tooth, T tells me his tooth hurts. Panic! I looked and he has a big tooth coming in behind his baby tooth. He is very proud of himself. He is going around telling everyone "I have a loose tooth and I am only 5 years old. I'm not even 6 yet!"
Somebody slow the next two weeks down please. 14 days until my baby starts Kindergarten. I can't stand it!
Bye now.
(Yes that's two posts in one day)
T

Crazy Days!!!! Where did the weekend go anyway? Nate's been gone all weekend to the beach. Hanging with all the boys and surfing to his heart's content. Of course, watching the girls too! He is a teenage boy after all. He'll come home sunburned, tired and with a teenage boy attitude tomorrow morning. Then, it's off to Vegas on Wednesday morning. My boy leaves again! Oh well!

I spent all day yesterday cleaning out T's room. I moved all the furniture and changed it up. Took out a full box of shoes that are too small and a bag of too small clothes to pass on to my mom's neighbor. She has 4 boys, yes that is right, 4. And one lone little girl!
Also cleaned out two big boxes of toys that are going elsewhere. Probably donate somewhere but they have to leave my house. All of T's toys are organized and in bins and on shelves. Lots of floor space. He loves it!!! That made it all worth it. All the lifting and sorting was worth it when he walked in and said "my room looks great. it looks so different" Let's hope it stays that way for a little while.
I'll have to take pics and post later. He wants the pooh and tigger mural down now. Man I am going to miss them! He's ready for Star Wars and Sigma 6 now. UGH.
Enough for now. Gotta go check on the little man!
T

OK Where did 4 days go? It still feels like Monday here but the lady on the news swears that it is Wednesday! I lost two days with a bad sinus headache that could be the problem. Oh well, what 's two days here and there?????
Had a great time at the Sunshine Scrappers crop Saturday night. Got about 4 layouts done and had fun socializing. Sick in bed on Sunday and moving very slow on Monday but feeling better now.
I went to cooking club on Monday night and made yummy food. Even made the potato recipe last night for the gang and Dew and I loved them. Tanner, not so much. He's not very adventurous unless it's seafood.
Worked yesterday and finishing up loose ends today then I'm off until Monday. Of course, I'll have to check email and do payroll over the weekend but I'm not going to the office. If the rain will stop Tanner and I are going to go to the pool with Robin and the gang. Since there's a tropical wave over the bahamas I don't see the rain staying away today but maybe tomorrow! Summer in Florida....and we're supposed to be the sunshine state. Right! At least no hurricanes yet just plenty of tropical waves, depressions and storms. Gotta pull out the hurricane box and make sure we're ready just in case.
Oh well, better get those loose ends tied up and start my 3 days off!
Here are some of the layouts I did this weekend. I'm into a little scraplifting right now. Can't beat it for getting things done. I just add a little of my own flavor to make it my own.
Have a good Wednesday! Hope you have sunshine where you are!
Trish

Alright end of month is over!!!!!!
I'm headed out to the sunshine scrappers crop as soon as the guys return from their fishing tournament and I'm not leaving until they force me out at midnight! I'm also only working 1 1/2 days next week. I need some time away before my boss leaves on her vacation on Friday. Hopefully, I can get the house thoroughly cleaned and can spend the rest of the time scrapbooking. Of course, with some fun at the beach and pool mixed in too!
Oh well, gotta start dinner for the boys and then I'm off to crop.
Have a good Saturday night!
Trish
My goggle boy!

Well, I just typed a whole post and now it's gone!!!! Not fair. It was funny too.
I'll try to recreate but I make no promises. I can only be so funny so many times in one day.....
If anyone comes by my house they will see a large green cloud enveloping my house. Don't be alarmed! It is a testosterone cloud. It happens when 5 males have been in the house together all weekend. It will disappear soon. I've sprayed perfume, scrubbed the bathrooms, taken out the trash...it will be gone soon.
Hee Hee Hee
Dew's best friend came in for the weekend with his 13 yo son. The guys had a blast. They fished for three days. 3 days getting up too early and getting to bed too late. They went to see the shuttle on Tuesday then Rog and Dillon headed back to NC. Everyone is slowly recuperating. Tanner and I hung at the house. I had lots of work to do for end of month and he had playstation levels to beat and cartoons to catch up on. We had a quiet weekend.
We did have fun on the 4th. I finished my reports and uploaded them at 4:30 and we headed to Mom's. We swam and ate and later lit sparklers. A calm 4th just the way we needed it.
Determined to scrapbook this week and weekend. I did do one page this weekend. I'll post it after I take a pic. A cute layout of Mr T being his adorable self.
Well, time for bed. Early day tomorrow. Have to finish audits and counsel an employee. Booooooo
Here are some pics from the weekend--if blogger posts them this time without dumping the whole blog post. Here's hoping!
Nathan sleeping and Tanner relaxing!

Have a good Thursday!
Trish

Ugh! I missed a day of posting. Slipping already! I promised myself I would try to post everyday. I did say TRY!
Didn't get to bed until 2 this morning--working on EOM. Got up at 4 when the guys left for fishing then back to bed until 7:30 when T woke up. Hung at the house all morning then ran to Joann's with Mom and Don. Picked out fabric for my new bag. I got all the pieces cut out and will try to get some of it sewn tomorrow. The guys are fishing again tomorrow so it's me and T all day again. Think we'll make some oatmeal cookies. T saw them on tv and wants to make some now. We'll give it a try.
Have to print some reports and get back to work. Can't wait for Wednesday when EOM is over for another month.
Wish I had something terribly funny to blog about but it's a quiet, slow-moving weekend here.
T told me today "That's not gonna happen my friend, that's not gonna happen". His response to me telling him he is going to have a 5 minute time out when we get home. He has an answer for everything. God Bless his kindergarten teacher next month, whomever she may be!
With that, "I'm outta here" (another T line)
Happy Weekend,
Trish